Explain How the Nazi Party Developed Between 1924 and 1929
Explain how the Nazi party developed between 1924 and 1929.
In the early years when the party was called the DAP no one would have thought it would become any major driving force but only a short lived Stammtisch creation. When there greatest gem in the form of Hitler resigned and was put in jail it looked bleak for the now new NSDAP. When he was released the party was in shambles, there were divisions among the party itself and membership was on the decline and Germany found itself in political and economic calm.
Mein Kampf which was later to become the bible of Nazism was published in 1924. Hitler wrote this in jail so he had a slot of time to reflect on what direction he wanted he wanted to take the party on. It provides the basic idea behind what the Nazi party shall be run and it should his plans for the future.
While in prison Hitler had time to reflect on the failed Beer Hall Putsch and he decided that he must gain absolute power over the party and that an armed coup was no longer a viable tactic, but use the Weimar constitution against itself. Hitler said ‘we shall have to hold our noses and enter the Reichstag against the Catholic and Marxist deputies.’ Instead Hitler suggested legality but not everyone agreed with this, traditional local rivalries remained for many reasons such as the north was socialist and Protestant and the south was nationalist and Catholic. Most importantly however policy differences had got worse between the nationalist and anti-capitalists. The centre of internal struggles was that Hitler and the once loyal Gregor Strasser and also his brother Otto couldn’t agree on policy strategy. This came to head in 1926 at a conference at Bamberg, Hitler won support to re-establish his supremacy and the party was to be run according to Fuhrerprinzip, so there was to be no place for disagreements. On the other hand, the original 25 point programme was deemed unchangeable with its socialist elements.
The party structure got
In the early years when the party was called the DAP no one would have thought it would become any major driving force but only a short lived Stammtisch creation. When there greatest gem in the form of Hitler resigned and was put in jail it looked bleak for the now new NSDAP. When he was released the party was in shambles, there were divisions among the party itself and membership was on the decline and Germany found itself in political and economic calm.
Mein Kampf which was later to become the bible of Nazism was published in 1924. Hitler wrote this in jail so he had a slot of time to reflect on what direction he wanted he wanted to take the party on. It provides the basic idea behind what the Nazi party shall be run and it should his plans for the future.
While in prison Hitler had time to reflect on the failed Beer Hall Putsch and he decided that he must gain absolute power over the party and that an armed coup was no longer a viable tactic, but use the Weimar constitution against itself. Hitler said ‘we shall have to hold our noses and enter the Reichstag against the Catholic and Marxist deputies.’ Instead Hitler suggested legality but not everyone agreed with this, traditional local rivalries remained for many reasons such as the north was socialist and Protestant and the south was nationalist and Catholic. Most importantly however policy differences had got worse between the nationalist and anti-capitalists. The centre of internal struggles was that Hitler and the once loyal Gregor Strasser and also his brother Otto couldn’t agree on policy strategy. This came to head in 1926 at a conference at Bamberg, Hitler won support to re-establish his supremacy and the party was to be run according to Fuhrerprinzip, so there was to be no place for disagreements. On the other hand, the original 25 point programme was deemed unchangeable with its socialist elements.
The party structure got